# BC Curriculum [Health: Active]

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**Repository:** https://github.com/pdg6/bc-curriculum-mcp-server  
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## Description
Query the full BC K-12 curriculum: Big Ideas, Competencies, Content, and more.

## Claude Desktop Quick Installation
Install path detected from listing signals. Uses `npx` (confidence: high):

```json
"mcpServers": {
  "bc-curriculum": {
    "command": "npx",
    "args": ["-y","bc-curriculum-mcp-server"]
  }
}
```

## Documentation & README

# BC Curriculum MCP Server

An MCP (Model Context Protocol) server that gives BC teachers structured access to the entire BC Ministry of Education K–12 curriculum. Connect with one line of config — no installs, no accounts, no technical setup.

**Author:** Paul de Groot — Vancouver, BC

## What It Does

This server crawls [curriculum.gov.bc.ca](https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum) and makes the full BC K–12 curriculum queryable through 12 MCP tools. Teachers and curriculum designers can ask natural-language questions about Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies, Content standards, grade progressions, cross-subject connections, and more — grounded in the actual published curriculum data.

### Data Coverage

- **Grades K–12** (Kindergarten through Grade 12)
- **9 English-stream subjects:** ADST, Arts Education, Career Education, English Language Arts, Languages, Mathematics, Physical & Health Education, Science, Social Studies
- **Big Ideas, Curricular Competencies, and Content** (the three-column KDU structure) with elaborations
- **Core Competencies** (Communication, Thinking, Personal & Social)
- **First Peoples Principles of Learning** (FPPL)
- **Assessment resources** and **Instructional samples**
- **Full-text search** across all curriculum content

## Quick Start

### Option 1: Remote server (no install needed)

Add this to your MCP config:

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "bc-curriculum": {
      "type": "http",
      "url": "https://bc-curriculum-mcp.fly.dev/mcp"
    }
  }
}
```

Or via Claude Code CLI:

```bash
claude mcp add bc-curriculum --transport http --url https://bc-curriculum-mcp.fly.dev/mcp
```

### Option 2: Run locally via npx

```bash
npx bc-curriculum-mcp-server
```

This runs the server in stdio mode — compatible with any MCP client. You'll need a local `bc-curriculum.sqlite` database (clone the repo, install Playwright, and run the crawler — see [For Developers](#for-developers) below).

### Option 3: Install globally via npm

```bash
npm install -g bc-curriculum-mcp-server
bc-curriculum-mcp
```

Once connected, ask things like:

- "What are the Big Ideas for ADST grade 10?"
- "Show me how science competencies build from grade 3 to 7"
- "Find curriculum connections between math and ADST for grade 9"
- "What are the First Peoples Principles of Learning?"
- "What are the curricular competencies for Kindergarten math?"

## Available Tools

| Tool | What it does |
|---|---|
| `bc_search_curriculum` | Full-text search across all curriculum data |
| `bc_get_course_curriculum` | Get Big Ideas, Competencies, and Content for a course |
| `bc_list_courses` | List all available courses (filter by subject/grade) |
| `bc_get_grade_progression` | Trace how curriculum builds across grade levels |
| `bc_get_competency_connections` | Find competencies shared across subjects |
| `bc_get_core_competencies` | Get Communication, Thinking, Personal/Social competencies |
| `bc_get_fppl` | Get First Peoples Principles of Learning |
| `bc_get_assessment_resources` | Get assessment practices and guidance |
| `bc_get_crawl_status` | Check data freshness and completeness |
| `bc_search_cross_curricular` | Find curriculum connections shared between two or more subjects at a grade |
| `bc_get_curriculum_changes` | Show what changed in curriculum since a given date |
| `bc_get_course_history` | View crawl history and change timeline for a course |

## Architecture

```
┌──────────────────────┐       ┌─────────────────────────┐
│  Your Machine        │       │  Fly.io (free tier)     │
│                      │       │                         │
│  Playwright crawler  │──────▶│  Express + SQLite       │
│  builds SQLite DB    │ SFTP  │  read-only MCP server   │
│                      │       │  256MB RAM              │
└──────────────────────┘       └─────────────────────────┘
                                        │
                                        ▼
                               Claude Desktop / Cowork / VS Codee / Antigravity
                               connects via MCP over HTTPS
```

The crawler runs locally using Playwright + headless Chromium to render the JavaScript-heavy curriculum.gov.bc.ca pages. It produces a SQLite database that gets uploaded to Fly.io. The deployed server is lightweight and read-only — no browser, no crawler, just serves pre-built data over MCP.

## For Developers

### Prerequisites

- Node.js 18+
- npm

### Setup

```bash
git clone https://github.com/pdg6/bc-curriculum-mcp-server.git
cd bc-curriculum-mcp-server
npm install
npx playwright install chromium
npm run build
```

### Crawl

```bash
# Quick test — just ADST
npm run crawl -- --subject adst

# Full K–12 crawl (~60-90 minutes)
npm run crawl:all

# Re-crawl everything (overwrites existing data)
npm run crawl:all -- --force
```

### Run Locally

```bash
# stdio transport (for local MCP clients)
npm start

# HTTP transport (for remote connections)
TRANSPORT=http npm start
```

## How It Works

The BC curriculum is organized in a three-column structure for every course:

1. **Big Ideas** — High-level conceptual understandings
2. **Curricular Competencies** — What students can *do* (grouped by domain)
3. **Content** — What students should *know* (the KDU items)

Each element can have **elaborations** — expandable details that clarify scope and provide examples. This server captures all three columns plus elaborations for every course across all 9 subjects and all grades K–12.

The **Core Competencies** (Communication, Thinking, Personal & Social) and **First Peoples Principles of Learning** are cross-cutting frameworks that apply across all subjects and are stored separately.

## Data Source

All curriculum data is sourced from [curriculum.gov.bc.ca](https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca/curriculum), the official BC Ministry of Education curriculum website. The crawler respects the site with 1.5-second delays between requests.

## License

MIT — see [LICENSE](https://github.com/pdg6/bc-curriculum-mcp-server/blob/HEAD/LICENSE).

The curriculum content itself is published by the [BC Ministry of Education](https://curriculum.gov.bc.ca). This project provides structured access to that publicly available data.